assume

Type: verb

Definitions: (verb) If you assume something, you guess or believe something without having enough information to know that it’s true.

Examples: (verb) Politicians often assume that their policy ideas are better than those of their colleagues. (verb) It is foolish to assume that the data is inaccurate.

Synonyms: verbs: accept, believe, guess.

Academic Word List Sublist and Group: 1 C